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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3437301, member: 21445&quot;]I&#039;d say the coin that means the most to me is the Septimius Severus below.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the very first ancient I acquired, here on coin talk no less, and despite having several others of his, I can&#039;t part with it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252525252Fproxy.php%2525252525253Fimage%2525252525253Dhttps%252525252525253A%252525252525252F%252525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252525252Fproxy.php%252525252525253Fimage%252525252525253Dhttps%25252525252525253A%25252525252525252F%25252525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252525252Fproxy.php%25252525252525253Fimage%25252525252525253Dhttps%2525252525252525253A%2525252525252525252F%2525252525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252525252525252Fproxy.php%2525252525252525253Fimage%2525252525252525253Dhttps%252525252525252525253A%252525252525252525252F%252525252525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252525252525252Fproxy.php%252525252525252525253Fimage%252525252525252525253Dhttp%25252525252525252525253A%25252525252525252525252F%25252525252525252525252Fi45.tinypic.com%25252525252525252525252F343qmu8.jpg%2525252525252525252526hash%252525252525252525253De7cb34054889e8f9e85d6387de937002%25252525252525252526hash%2525252525252525253Df9e94c82a51a2eeeba1a36257121d64e%252525252525252526hash%25252525252525253D1876cc2b1c7346429124f85ec5633a9a%2525252525252526hash%252525252525253D555bf2fc6d8a56556b0185aa46576379%25252525252526hash%2525252525253D18bed84125bb1d7f01403225ccad4868%252525252526hash%25252525253De6008316eeb36df1f4343957bbe4ee1c%2525252526hash%252525253Dba2b4d69ddf04b6c372759b370e49e75%25252526hash%2525253Df187a31b4c875b368e988eea75f51167%252526hash%25253D3de3ee597866ac839c8bd89b3f12dbe7%2526hash%253D1e489999efb4332da7bfe90a099014c8%26hash%3Dfb672d1eb74cb733e085a464bd46a447&amp;hash=b90fe885466f01295e5474dcf1a78318" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Septimius Severus (193 - 211 A.D)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, Laureate head right.</p><p>R:RESTITVTOR VRBIS (Restoration of the City), Severus in military attire, spear in left, sacrificing over a tripod altar with right.</p><p>Rome mint, 201 A.D.</p><p>3.3g</p><p>18mm</p><p>RIC 167a, RSC 599, BMCRE 202</p><p><br /></p><p>And the other coin is my Napoleon 5 francs. Learning about him in history class in grade school is what really kicked my interest in history into high gear. Can&#039;t say why?, but I paid attention more when his history came up at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t had the coin super long, but it has meaning due to my childhood and finally acquiring one whereas I didn&#039;t as a kid when I got into collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fs13.postimg.org%2525252525252Fdukk7lpgn%2525252525252Fnapol.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253De478fc8e8393599bf7028acf9a3a9074%2525252526hash%252525253D47785eaf65a72d9aff2e1714c60cbb9f%25252526hash%2525253D6c517c8e411133061ee4bd2cfa26741b%252526hash%25253De05e5c2bd7d499c6100697890da5cf8d%2526hash%253D1923d3732a1fc8b7503710e0e210bd02%26hash%3D7f86002ee53c20b3723de0f6c59b6394&amp;hash=38c8e1712ac50d7d91d258ac0fbdd84b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Napoleon Bonaparte (1804-1814)</p><p>France AR 5 Francs</p><p>O: Head right.</p><p>R: Value in wreath, date below.</p><p>Bayonne Mint</p><p>36mm</p><p>25g</p><p>Badoury 583. Dav. 84</p><p><br /></p><p>Rare Mint for this Date[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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